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Adventure – Mini Album

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Mini Album for the March Creative Embellishments Challenge!

This months challenge over on the Creative Embellishments Blog was to “…be inspired by 1 element from the photo below (let us know what it is) and by this quote: ‘Every great adventure requires a first step.'”

I was inspired by the color! I love using black and white…especially when I just happen to have some lovely black & white papers that need to be used!

Inspiration photo for the March Creative Embellishments Challenge!
For the album I cut a thick piece of chipboard to use as a spine with the Creative Embellishment’s 5-page Square Mini Album, and I just had to add the Stars In My Universe Frame (also from Creative Embellishments), with some Rocky Road Baked Texture on it, to the cover!
Cover
Inside cover & page 1
Pages 2 & 3

Pages 4 & 5
Pages 6 & 7
Page 8 and inside back cover
Products:
  • Creative Embellishments
  • Square Mini Album
  • Stars In My Universe Frame
  • Silhouette
    • Cameo 3
    • Curio
    • Pen Holder
    • Cut Files: Tags & Tabs
  • Ranger
    • Emboss It Dauber
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Oxide: Black Soot
  • Emerald Creek
    • Backed Texture
    • Rocky Road
  • Idea-ology
    • Tim Holtz
    • Mini Stapler
  • 13@rts
    • Rose Fields
    • Natural Beauty
    • Letters to Rose
  • Aqua Flora
    • Shades of Black
  • Prima
    • Flirty Fleur Collection
    • Something Floral
    • Pretty Birds
    • So Lovely
  • Crate Paper
    • Maggie Holmes
    • Flourish
    • Charming
  • Hip Kit Club
    • Kim Watson
    • Amber Star
    • Sparkle
  • Pink Paislee
    • Paige Evans
    • Turn The Page 07
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Black Cardstock
  • American Crafts
    • White Cardstock
    • Thickers
    • Hello Joy
  • We R Memory Keepers
    • Crop-A-Dile & Eyelets
  • Art Glitter
    • Adhesive
  • Simply White Gesso
  • Folk Art Chalkboard Paint
  • Unknown/Unbranded
    • Twine
    • Ribbon/Fiber
    • Black Pen (I’ve had for YEARS…I’m actually impressed it still worked!)

    Happy Layout!

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    My Great Dane, Lucy, laying in the pond after an afternoon walk.

    Over at scrapbook.com I host a monthly challenge, “The Ugly Games.” Each month “tributes” are given someone to send two papers and (at least one) embellishment to. The receiver is then challenged with creating a layout using all or part of the papers, as long as they are recognizable, well the embellishment(s) are optional and count towards two extra votes! This isn’t to say the papers are ugly, but the combination is meant to be U-G-L-Y, or at least something that wouldn’t normally be used together! It really teaches one to think about papers differently and how to combine different colors and patterns!

    For the May 2018 Challenge I was sent the following papers and set of stickers:

    The layout they became is at the top of this post and here:

    The cut file used here is “Piece of the Pie,” from The Cut Shoppe (Etsy). I cut the outer edge of the shape in the yellow paper, then the “outline” in the red & white paper! With the stickers I coated them in clear gesso so I could apply watercolors to them, then used the hearts and flowers on the layout!

    Product List: 

    • Hip Kit Club Exclusive Die Cuts 
    • Pentel Water Brush 
    • Clear gesso 
    • American Crafts – Lovely Day Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Up
    • American Crafts – Little By Little Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Li’l Bit
    • American Crafts – Little By Little Collection – Thickers – Hello Joy
    • Echo Park – Summer Dreams Collection – Enamel Dots
    • Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun – Pink
    • Sharpie – Fine Point – Writing Pens – Black – 2 Pack
    • Silhouette America – Cameo Version 3 – Electronic Cutting System
    • Silhouette America – Cameo Version 3 – Autoblade
    • Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors – 7 Inches
    • Prima – Watercolor Confections – Tropicals
    • Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Mini-Snips – 5 Inches
    • Crate Paper – Chasing Dreams Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Moment
    • American Crafts – Little By Little Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Cultivate Joy

    Spring Fling Tag Swap at Reneabouquets!

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    Over on Facebook, Reneabouquets hosted a “Spring Fling” tag swap for May! This is the tag I came up with for my partner! (Well, I added to what I had been thinking of, because I had daffodils on the brain as soon as I signed up! LOL)

    The daffodils are cut from a thin Mulberry Paper and after I put them together I coated them in (watered down) Vicki Boutin Iridescent Glaze and added the stamen. And actually, I didn’t have the right shade of yellow for them, so after cutting the trumputs out I soaked them in Shimmerz: Creameez “Daffodil” (that was just a lucky coincidence the color I was looking for was also appropriately named!) 

    Product List:

    • Reneabouquet Products: 
    • “Silver Pink” Glitter Glass 
    • Beautiful Board Small Quilling Flourish 
    • Tiny Treasures Sweet Pea Lavender Premium Paper Glitter Glass Butterflies 
    • Mini Pink Lemonade Mulberry Roses & Leaves Set 
    • The gardenias were pulled from different rose sets I had from Reneabouquets 
    • The paper is from Blue Fern Studios: Spring Parade, and you can purchase this from Reneabouquet! 
  • Silhouette Cameo 3
  • PixScan Cutting Mat
  • AutoBlade
  • The lattice cut on the background and the daffodils are both files from the Silhouette store (Design IDs #40858 and #112756)
  • Ranger 
    • Multi Medium – Matte
    • Glossy Accents
  • Scotch ATG
  • Prima – Finnabair – Art Alchamey
    • Sparks Acrylic Pain – Fairy Wings
    • Opal Magic Wax – Royal Robes
    • Art Basics – 3D Gloss Gel
  • Vicki Boutin Iridescent Glaze
  • Shimmerz: Creameez “Daffodil”
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide “Shaded Lilac”
  • JudiKins Diamond Glaze

    • Christmas Teacup

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    My first tea cup art, just in time for Christmas!

    Handle side, side view! This was a learning experience for me, and I learned that I need more Mod Podge to hold down the pieces against the strain of the Crackle Paint! You can also se some of the beautiful Shard Glitter Glass & Microbeads I added to the spoon!

    The other side of the cup. Here I added some of the Microbeads to the pine cone & some Shard Glitter Glass & Microbeads just under the edge of the pine cone. Plus, in the center of the poinsettias are some more Microbeads.
    A closer look at the spoon.

    A closer look at the pine cone!

    One of the poinsettias that has the Microbeads for the center.

    One of the posies I made using the tutorial found at Live The Dream ….
    A closer look at the bottom with the second posie I made.

    A view from the top!

    *The cut file for the teacup, saucer, and spoon can be found at svgcuts.com*

    Product List:

    • Glass Microbeads in Champagne
    • Shard Glitter Glass in Silver
    • Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits – Star
    • Burgundy Roses, Poinsettias, & leaves
  • Hip Kit Club (November 2017 Main Kit)
    • Tis The Season by Kimberly Hutchison
    • Baby It’s Cold Outside (cup exterior)
  • Crate Paper
    • FALALA Collection
    • Twinkle
  • Ranger
    • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Ink
    • Tea Dye
    • Fossilized Amber
    • Seedless Preserves
    • Rusty Hinge
  • Distress Crackle Paint
    • Clear Rock Candy
  • Mini Round Blending Tool
  • Silhouette Cameo
  • Sizzix
    • Big Shot Plus
    • Precision Base Plate
    • Tim Holtz
    • Small Tattered Florals (the one little rosebud!)
  • Spellbinders
    • Shabby Posies
    • Layered Poinsettia
  • Simon Says Stamp
    • Pine Needles Trio
  • Poppy
    • Small Blooming Poinsettia
  • Mod Podge
    • Paper – Gloss
  • Beacon Fabri-Tac
  • Judi-Kins Diamond Glaze
  • White Card stock – American Crafts I think
  • Mulberry Bear 2
    • “Grass Green” Mulberry Paper – Pine Needles
  • The Paper Studio
    • White “Handmade” Paper (white poinsettias, posies, & rosebud)
  • Prima
    • Finnabair
    • Metallique Wax – Old Silver
    • Silicon Brushes – 1″ & 2″
  • 99¢ Store finds
    • Pine cones
    • Bottle brush tree
    • Green bead garland
  • Unbranded/Unknown
    • Stamen in large white poinsettia & posies
    • Holly berries (frosted red & green & red)

    Cherish

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    Cherish

    During the last weekend of October, the husband and I went to the wedding of two very dear friends (the couple I made this card for), this is a layout I did featuring a photo I took during their first dance as husband and wife.

    All of the papers on here I’ve had for at least 18 months. Apparently they were all waiting for this wedding! The lace is some eBay “vintage lace” I bought a few months back, and the flowers have been in hording for a long, long time!

    This layout was entered into a couple of Challenges over at scrapbook.com, the October Music Inspiration Challenge (the song picked for me was “A Taste of Honey,” and I used the line “yours was the kiss that awoke my heart” it just seemed rather fitting for the occasion!), the November Die Cutting Machine Challenge, and scrapbook.com’s Handmade for the Holidays.

    I absolutely LOVE the shard glitter glass and glass micro-beads from ReneaBouquets! (Links in Product List)

    Not a lot of “special” techniques used here. I tore the papers, layered them with some lace, and then just started arranging flowers! Well, I did “dye” the paper flowers with some Distress Oxides & Shimmerz Paint!

    Product List:

  • Shimmerz 
    • Butter Cream Paint 
    • Tuscan Sun Spritz 
  • Dear Lizzy Date Stamp 
  • Prima E-Line White Flower Mix 
  • Bazzill “Vanilla” Cardstock (song lyrics are on) 
  • Bella! Something Blue Paperz “Tittle” 
  • Bella Blvd – Ciao Chip – Self Adhesive Chipboard – Words – Today
  • Chickaniddy Crafts – 365 Collection – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Weekend Wonders
  • Little Birdie Crafts – Classic Elements Collection – Beaded Fancies – White
  • McGill Paper Blossoms Collection – Tool Kit
  • Prima 
    • Finnabair – Art Basics – 3D Gloss Gel – 8 Ounces
    • Paintables – 12 x 12 Paper – Roses
  • Ranger Ink
    • Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black
    • Glossy Accents
  • Tim Holtz 
    • Distress Oxides Ink Pads – Antique Linen
    • Distress Oxides Ink Pads – Faded Jeans
    • Mini Ink Blending Tool – Round
  • Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun – Pink – Uses One Fourth Inch Adhesive
  • Silhouette America 
    • Curio 3T Version – Electronic Cutting System
    • Pen Holder
  • Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Starter Kit – White and Gray
  • Tonic Studios – 
    • Tim Holtz – Mini-Snips – 5 Inches
    • Tim Holtz – Paper Distress
  • Unknown/Unbranded 
    • 5 petal flower die 
    • Ivory & Silver Stamen 
    • Green floral wire 
    • Vintage lace 
    • key 
    • Ivory “pearl” flower centers 
    • Tan-ish-Gold-ish Beads (on the two fabric flowers)

    Happy Halloween!

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    Happy Halloween!

    Over at Creative Embellishments’ October Challenge a wonderful image was post at the beginning of the month to be used as inspiration for a project. The directions say to “Simply be inspired by 1 element from the picture below and the twist is to make your project black and white. I will let a very teeny tiny bit of color slip on by” I don’t know if being inspired by the WHOLE photo counts as “1 element” or if it would be the skull … mainly … or if it qualifies at all, but I HAD to use that image somehow!!

    Anyhow, I saved the image to my computer, did a bit of editing to it, then used the stippling feature on my Silhouette Curio. For eight hours. It took eight hours to stipple the image out, and it wasn’t even the “whole” image! Good thing I had other things to occupy myself with!

    I’ll also be entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge!

    Product List:

  • Ranger
    • “Emboss It” Pen
    • Water Pen – Nib
    • Embossing Powder
    • Enchanted Gold
    • Antiquities Frosted Crystal
  • Multi Medium Matte
  • Perfect Pearls
    • Forever Green
    • Pewter
    • Heirloom Gold
    • Blue Patina
    • Green Patina
  • Tim Holtz
    • Distress Oxides:
    • Fired Brick
    • Antique Linen
  • Distress Ink
    • Dusty Concord
  • Distress Markers
    • Black Soot
    • Wilted Violet
    • Lucky Clover
    • Tumbled Glass
    • Wild Honey
    • Forest Moss
    • Abandoned Coral
  • Thinlits
    • Cobweb
  • Prima
    • Metallique Wax
    • Vintage Gold
    • Bronze Age
  • 3D Gloss Gel
  • Sizzix
    • Big Shot Plus
  • a la mode clear embossing powder
  • homemade alcohol inks
  • 99¢ Store finds
    • Green Mesh
    • Orange Mesh
    • Purple Lace
    • Pumpkins
    • Skulls
    • Gold Lace
    • String “web” (that became flowers – sorta)
    • Purple Spider
  • Received in a PocketLetter
    • Bird/Birdcage
    • Small black spiders
    • Wood Skull Key
    • the string “web” at the bottom
  • unknown
    • bluish-black glitter

    peace & joy

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    peace & joy Christmas card

    A Christmas card I made specifically for my best friend! She has a “thing” for moose. Her Great Dane is named Moose, she has about six pieces of moose art in her home, a moose hook in her kitchen … you get the idea! She LOVES moose!!

    **The moose cut and the font (Aubrey) are from the Silhouette Store!**

    Product List:

  • Ranger 
    • “Emboss It” Pen
    • Glossy Accents
  • Tim Holtz 
    • Grit-Paste
    • Distress Glitter: Clear Rock Candy
    • Distress Oxide: Candied Apple
    • Distress Paint: Candied Apple
    • Paper Distresser
  • WOW Embossing Powder 
    • Cloud 9 
  • Poppy 
    • Small Blooming Poinsettia (die) 
  • Simon Says Stamp 
    • the cream card stock for the card base & poinsettias 
  • Me & My Big Ideas 
    • Red & white flourish paper 
  • Silhouette
    • Cameo
    • Curio
  • Sizzix
    • Big Shot Plus
  • Unknown 
    • the glitter for the moose (it was in a little baggy, I don’t know where it came from!) 
    • the burgundy card stock 
    • the red seed beads 
  • Mod Podge 
    • Acrylic sealer (it’s how I keep the glitter from falling off after it’s all said & done! Just a quick coat on top!)

    the morning after

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    the morning after – 1953

    Recently, while combing through old photos my grandma had kept over the years, I came across this photo, and I fell in love with it! I find it to be hauntingly beautiful. The remnants of packaging are scattered among the new toys that had arrived the day before. Even the lamp shade is crooked! This moment in life was captured forever by my grandma, she even provided the title! “The Morning After” had been written at the bottom of the photo.

    Over at scrapbook.com, I host “The Ugly Games.” (formally known as “The Ugly Paper Challenge,” we had a vote!). Anywho…the object of the challenge is to use the two papers and the embellishment(s) (optional) that you are sent at the beginning of the month to create a layout! (I give out addresses on the 1st, & in short, you send a set, you receive a set). Now for my disclaimer, I’m not saying the products are themselves “ugly,” the whole point of the challenge is to use papers sent to you that you may or may not have ever considered trying to combine, or they may or may not be your “style.” Back in September, I received the following papers:

    “The Ugly Games” papers I received in September

    First, a short explanation, because these papers were sent to me during football season! I am a Kansas City Chiefs fan, and another football “nut” in the group is a Seattle Seahawks fan, and she has been patiently waiting for me to be on the receiving end during football season since the spring! The mascot for the Seahawks is Tamia the Hawk, hence the photo, and Seahawks fans are the “12th Man Army,” hence the two “12” circles (apparently the Seahawks can’t play without an extra person 😏) Anyhow, I normally get my layouts completed on time, but September was a draining month for me, and it seemed to affect my creative process. I knew what I wanted to create, I was just constantly running into a mental roadblock! I had actually put a layout together most of the way, but it just wasn’t right! It was dull, and the lobster paper poinsettias just wouldn’t blend in! I was frustrated, and that certainly didn’t help my roadblock, then, as luck would have it, I saw this layout by Phyllis on the ReneaBouquet’s Facebook Page, and I knew it was the inspiration I needed to get those papers used! It embodied the direction I had been trying to go, and stepped it up a notch! I actually dismantled the layout I had started, very carefully, given I couldn’t replace any of the elements I had received in The Ugly Games and started anew! In fact, the Bazzill “Ash” cardstock with the Prima Crackle Paste was part of the original! (In addition to the parts created from the papers and embellishments I received.)

    A closer look at the flower cluster and ReneaBouquet Silver Microbeads & Black Shard Glitter Glass (both linked at end of post) under the title!
    Closer look at the cluster on the right side showcasing the flair from {A flair for buttons} (link at end of post)

    Just another angle.
    A close up of the Silver Glass Microbeads on some of the holly leaves! (I am seriously in love with those beads!)

    Another angle!
    The photo was taken from the top of the page looking down, with a good look at what I did to the pink rhinestone strip I had received! I used alcohol inks on it to change the color, dabbed on some “Foiled Again” Shimmerz Dazzlerz, and ran a wire through it so I could shape it!

    Looking down at the Black Glitter Glass and Silver Microbeads that are at the top of the page.

    Looking down at the cluster found on the left side of the photo!

    **All of the cuts (poinsettia’s, holly, ornaments) came from the Silhouette Store!**

    Product List:

  • Shimmerz
    • “Coal” Paint
    • “Foiled Again” Dazzlerz
  • {a flair for buttons} “Tis The Season” Flair
  • Hot off the Press: Black Silver Floral Foil Cardstock
  • Bazzill
    • “Ash” Cardstock
    • Silver Metallic Cardstock
  • Basic Grey: Juniper Berry “Lump of Coal” Paper
  • Fancy Pants Designs
    • “Collecting Moments” Sticker Fundamentals
  • Tim Holtz:
    • Flourish Stencil
    • Distress Spray Stains: Candied Apple, Iced Spruce, & Weathered Wood
    • Distress Ink: Iced Spruce
    • Distress Oxide: Iced Spruce
    • Paper Distresser
    • Hinge Clip
    • Mini Ink Blending Tool – Round
    • Alcohol Inks: Cranberry & Silver
  • Ranger:
    • Texture Paste
    • Transparent Gloss Texture Paste
    • Glossy Accents
    • “Gunsmoke” Stickles
    • “Perfect Pearl” Perfect Pearls
  • WOW Embossing Powder: Cloud 9
  • Martha Stewart “Scallop Dot” Edge Punch
  • Prima
    • “White Crackle” Texture Paste
    • “Crackle” Stencil
  • DMC Silver Embroidery Floss
  • a la mode clear embossing powder
  • Silhouette
    • Cameo
    • Curio
  • Unknown:
    • the red paper
    • the red cardstock (behind the photo)
    • the green paper behind the photo
    • Flat back pearls
    • Silver wire
    • Silver Metallic Marker
  • Homemade Alcohol Inks: Black (ish) & a light purple (ish)

    • colder weather

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    colder weather layout! (the shards along the edges of the torn paper behind the photo are Silver Glitter Shard Glass by ReneaBouquets, but I took the photo with no flash so there wouldn’t be glare off the shards or the metallic words at the top!)

    Over at scrapbook.com, Amanda (scrapanda) hosts the Music Inspiration Challenge! For September I was given the song “Colder Weather” by the Zac Brown Band (lyrics link; video link), and this is what I came up with!

    Way back when… (bet. 2002-2007) I lived in Michigan. This is a photo looking out our back door towards the dilapidated old barn that was on the property. I love the snow. I miss the snow. I don’t necessarily miss being cold 😄, but I have always found snow to be beautiful.

    In addition to the Music Inspiration Challenge, I am also entering this in the October 1st, Stuck?! Sketches Challenge, using the following sketch as inspiration!

    As you can see, I rotated the sketch 90°, and instead of rings and splatters, I used snowflakes from two Simon Says Stamps sets, “Frozen Fractals” and “Swell Christmas.”

    October 1st Stuck?! Sketches Challenge.

    Product List:

    • ReneaBouquets Silver (Shard) Glitter Glass – (this is the 1st time I’ve ever used it … had to see how it worked and all! I already have other projects lined up now [in my head] and I know I have found a new product to LOVE!)
    • Simon Says Stamp – “Frozen Fractals” and “Swell Christmas” stamp sets
    • Shimmerz AcriTonez: “3 Sheets to the Wind”
    • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide, Stain, & Spray Stain – Wilted Violet; Nib Water Brush; Distress Collage Brush; Advantus Word Keys; Mini Snips.
    • Bo Bunny – Altitude Collection – Christmas – 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper – Blizzard & Noteworthy Journaling Cards; Sweet Life Collection – Chipboard Stickers
    • Ranger Glossy Accents
    • Prima – Finnabair: Snowflake Paste; 3D Gloss Gel; Metallique Wax – Old Silver & Brushed Iron, Opal Magic Wax – Royal Robes
    • Silhouette Cameo: The font for “weather” is “Cotton Candy” from the Silhouette Store 
    • Pink Paislee – Merry and Bright Collection – Christmas – Foil Stickers – Word Strips
    • We R Memory Keepers – Crop-A-Dile and Case – Pink – Includes Crop-A-Dile, Case and 100 Eyelets
    • EK Success – Sticko Alphas Stickers – Foam – Large – White
    • The lace under the photo and the ribbon on the key were both part of the “goodies” I received from Donna (bonprof) with my September PocketLetter from her! (Neither of them was originally purple, but with a little help from some Distress Stains, all of us got to turn purple! LOL)
    • The snowflake cuts I’ve had for quite a while. They came as a “subscriber bonus” with a Birds of a Feather Kit…and those kits haven’t been released since Feb. 2016!
    • The clear gem…teardrop…bling also came from a Birds of a Feather Kit, I think circa Aug. 2014.
    • ‘generic’ white acrylic paint
    • white gesso